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Originally Posted by shadoquad Overpriced German car that is overcomplicated to work on, however infrequently. My opinion is that, and you really can't convince me otherwise with snarky insults. There

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Old 02-04-2013, 08:56 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Overpriced German car that is overcomplicated to work on, however infrequently. My opinion is that, and you really can't convince me otherwise with snarky insults. There are many better cars for less, although they don't outhandle it.

I don't mind performing simpler tasks more frequently rather than frustrating and overblown tasks every few years.

If it were just a filter that was this complicated, not so bad, but it's most everything, yeah?
Define better? The Z has many short comings as a performance car that Porsche does not.

And again most of the simple maintenance items on Boxster really are not that tough. Just differnt to those who haven't owned a mid engine car. Guess you haven't had too much experience wrenching on many modern Japanese luxury cars lately. Again pulling a couple of easy pieces for long term maintenance items just isn't that tough. Oil changes are easy, you unscrew a couple pieces to get to air filters , big whoopee do? Tells us more about your level of mechanical ability than the car?

I have owned and serviced two boxsters myself and frankly found them far less frustrating than the Z. And the quality of the Porsche engineering and materials makes Boxster worth extra $25k. Heck you'd spend $25k fixing all the flaws on A Z and still not have a car that rides or handles better than a Boxster. I won't even start on all parts that have failed in first 12 miles of my track going Z.

From the brakes to the tranny and motor it's just a far better car than many on the road. Don't take my opinion most professional car journalists agree.

You just need to pay to play when you want to step up to a Porsche.
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